Veterinary implement.



. PETERSON.

VETERINARY IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1913.

Patented Apr. 7, 191% m m m coLuMmA PLANOGRAPH COuWASHINGTON, D, c.

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GODFREY W. PETERSON, OF GENOA, NEBRASKA.

VETERINARY IMPLEMENT.

Patented Apr. '7, 191%.

Serial No. 770,237.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GODFREY 1V. PETER- son,citizen of the United States, residing at Genoa, in the county of Nanceand State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Veterinary Implements, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in Veterinary implements andparticularly to implements employed for assisting ani mals in givingbirth to their young, and has for one of its objects to simplify andimprove the construction and increase the chiciency and utility ofdevices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructedimplement which may be enlarged or reduced in size and locked in itsadjusted position.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and de scribed andthen specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention: Figure 1 is aplan view of the improved implement; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section onthe line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a transverse section on the line 33 ofFig. 2; Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the casing members.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the accompanyingdescription and in dicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved device comprises a twopart casing which contains theactuating mechanism and at the same time constitutes the hand grip orhandle of the improved. device. The combined casing and handle comprisesan outer casing including a body portion 10 and sides 1112, the side 11being provided with projecting lips 13, while the side 12 is providedwith similar projecting lips let. The other casing member includes abody portion 15 and sides 16-17 extending at right angles to the bodyand spaced apart a distance equal to the space between the sides 1112and fitting therebetween. The body 15 is provided with openings 18 whichare located opposite the lips 13lt of the sides 1112, and when thecasing members are disposed one within the other the lips 1314L are bentover andcompressed into the openings 18 as represented in Fig. 5. Theend 19 of the inner casing is provided with an opening 21, while the end20 is provided with an opening 22 which is somewhat wider than theopening 21. The body portion of the outer casing is provided .with arelatively large opening 23 and the sides 11-12 are provided withopenings 2-l-25 adjacent to the larger opening the smaller opening beingdesigned to receive a transverse pin 26 upon which a cam lever 27 ismounted to swing, the object of the latter being hereafter explained.

Slidably disposed through the openings 2122 is a relatively long bar 28having a plurality of transverse notches 29 in one side and spacedapart. The notches are dosigned to engage over one edge of the opening22 and to be held locked in the notch by the pressure of the cam lever27, as illustrated in Fig. 2. By this arrangement it will be obviousthat when the cam lever is reversed or thrown into inoperative position,the bar 28 may be moved to release the notch 29 from engagement with theedge of the opening 22 and enable the bar to be moved longitudinally ofthe casing and located with any one of the notches 29 in engagement withthe edge of the opening, and then by returning the cam lever to itsoperative position the bar will be locked in position relative to thecasing. By this means the bar may be adjusted to any desired extentwithin the range of the notches and firmly locked in the adjustedposition.

At its outer end the bar 28 is enlarged laterally and directed obliquelyto the longitudinal plane of the bar as represented at 30, and theobliquely directed portion provided with a relativelylarge aperture 31.A wire member forms a part of the improved device and is bent into Ushape to form spaced sides 82-33 which extend through the opening 31,and enlarged into a loop 34 at the bend. The sides 32-33 also extendthrough apertures 35-36 in the end 19 of the inner casing with theirinner ends bent laterally and extended through apertures in the bodyportion 15, and riveted, soldered, or otherwise secured. By this simplemeans it will be obvious that when the bar 28 is adjusted longitudinallythrough the casing as above described the oblique portion 30 will becorrespondingly moved longitudinally of the sides 3233 of the wiremember, and thus increase or decrease the length of the loop 84, and theloop thus maintained in any desired size.

The loop of the wire member can be readily increased or decreased insize to conform to the portion of the animal with which. it is engaged,and firmly and quickly locked in the adjusted position.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured, and the parts can be readily assembled or disconnected forrepairs or for restoring a broken or impaired port-ion.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An implement of the class described comprising a casing havingopenings of unequal size in its ends, a bar movable through the casingopenings and likewise movable laterally in the larger opening, said barhaving an aperture at one end, a member connected to the casing andextending through the bar aperture and including a holding loop, andmeans for clamping said bar against one wall of the larger casingopening.

2. An implement of the class described comprising a bar having aplurality of transverse notches, a casing having openings through whichsaid bar slidably engages, a member connected to the casing and movablyengaging the bar and including a holding loop and spaced sides, saidsides being secured at their free ends in said casing, and means formoving said bar laterally within said casing to cause one of saidnotches to engage with one wall of one of said casing openings.

3. An implement of the class described comprising a bar having anaperture at the outer end and provided with a plurality of transversenotches, a casing having openings through which the bar slidablyengages, a wire member including a holding loop and extending throughthe aperture of the bar and secured at one end in said casing, and a camlever pivoted within said casing and operating to move said barlaterally to cause one of the notches thereof to engage one wall of oneof the casing openings.

4. An implement of the class described comprising an inner casing memberopen at one side and having an opening in each end, an outer casingmember open at one side and at the ends and bearing over the innercasing member and closing its open side, means for securing the casingmembers together, a bar slidable through the end openings of said innercasing and having an opening at one end and with notches spaced apart,said notches adapted to engage one at a'time with one wall of one of theend openings of the inner casing member, a wire. member including aholding loop and extending through the opening of the bar and secured atone end in said casing, and means carried by the outer casing member formoving said bar laterally to cause the notches to engage the innercasing.

5. An implement of the class described comprising an inner casing memberopen at one side and having an opening in each end, an outer casingmember open at one side and at the ends and bearing over the innercasing 7 member and closing its open side, means for securing the casingmembers together, a bar slidable through the end openings of said innercasing member, a member including a holding loop and movably supportedrelative to said bar and secured at one end in said casing, and. meansfor clamping said bar to said casing. F

6. An implement of the class described comprising an inner casing memberopen at one side and having an opening in each end, an outer casingmember open at one side and at the ends and bearing over the innercasing member and closing its open side, said inner casing member havingsockets'and said outer casing member having projecting lugs and engagingin said sockets to secure the casing members together, a bar slidablethrough said inner casing, a member including a holding loop and movablysupported relative to said bar and secured at one end in said casing,and means for clamping said bar to said casing. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GODFREY W. PETERSON.

Witnesses:

WVILLIAM S. CROUCH, ROBERT J. HARRIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1). G.

